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Guy Lodge

Guy Lodge

Film Columnist

Guy Lodge is a South African-born writer and film critic with an MA in Screenwriting from the London Film School. In addition to being a weekly Observer columnist, he is the UK film critic for Variety, and a regular contributor to The Guardian, Sight & Sound and the BBC Arts Hour. He lives in London.

On Swift Horses, Christy and The Courageous

On Swift Horses, Christy and The Courageous

Honey Don’t! is a Coen car crash

Honey Don’t! is a Coen car crash

Guy Lodge’s pick of other films: Freakier Friday, The Kingdom, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

Guy Lodge’s pick of other films: Freakier Friday, The Kingdom, Marlee Matlin: Not Alone Anymore

Cinema’s greatest Jane Austen adaptations

Cinema’s greatest Jane Austen adaptations

The real horror of Weapons is US blame culture

The real horror of Weapons is US blame culture

Great escapades: the best caper films

Great escapades: the best caper films

Streaming: Four Mothers and the growing canon of queer acceptance

Streaming: Four Mothers and the growing canon of queer acceptance
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